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What are the active and inert ingredients in the birth control pill "mircette"?

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Dr. Bryan Treacy answered

Specializes in Gynecology

There are two: Desogestrel & ethinyl estradiol, both synthetic & potent hormones to suppress ovulation.

Answered 3/22/2020

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